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cities each have their own culture. in san francisco, a greeting to a stranger is likely to be returned n new york, ignored and in los angeles responded to with frigid rage. [laughter] likewise, of course, there's our beautiful american culture. it can be found most readily in our jokes, puns or illusions and the illusions of stand-up comedy or television commercials. they're the most powerful and cohesive. here's a great television commercial we saw at the super bowl. there's a holocaust of some time, a city's buried in rubble. later tough trucks of the manufacturer's brand emerge one by one, and the truck drivers get out to congratulate each other, all glad to be alive having had the wisdom to purchase so great a truck. and one survivor says to another, have a twinkie. [laughter] so what do we have here, but an illusion to a magnificent american myth; an urban legend taken from the very schoolyard where we've told ourselves for 50 years twinkies have a shelf life of 10 million years. [laughter] so why might people enj
cities each have their own culture. in san francisco, a greeting to a stranger is likely to be returned n new york, ignored and in los angeles responded to with frigid rage. [laughter] likewise, of course, there's our beautiful american culture. it can be found most readily in our jokes, puns or illusions and the illusions of stand-up comedy or television commercials. they're the most powerful and cohesive. here's a great television commercial we saw at the super bowl. there's a holocaust of...
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. >> hinojosa: new york city. and in, you would say, what, a traditional chinese family, relatively traditional? >> yeah, with a mom and dad. my parents came over in the 1970s as part of the... you know, the open door act that sort of let more educated immigrants in, and a lot more people from asia. and then they came here, and they had three little babies, bump, bump, bump, that's me, my sister, and my brother. >> hinojosa: by the way, j, f, k. >> it's true. my name is jennifer, my sister's name is frances, and my brother's name is kenneth. and if you take our initials, it spells jfk, which my parents like to say is the airport that they landed at when they came to america. >> hinojosa: when you were growing up, did you have this kind of constant critical perspective of, "what is the food that i'm eating as a chinese firstborn in this country," versus, "what is the food that's being eaten in my upper west side new york city neighborhood," and kind of this... or were you just like, "you know what? i'm a new yorker
. >> hinojosa: new york city. and in, you would say, what, a traditional chinese family, relatively traditional? >> yeah, with a mom and dad. my parents came over in the 1970s as part of the... you know, the open door act that sort of let more educated immigrants in, and a lot more people from asia. and then they came here, and they had three little babies, bump, bump, bump, that's me, my sister, and my brother. >> hinojosa: by the way, j, f, k. >> it's true. my name is...
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the 100-year-old chamber has offices and staff in every major city girdling the globe. now, regarding the fiscal cliff gridlock, what is the judgment of the chamber? answer. don't do anything now. punt. instead of lawmakers racing in the 14 days left of their lame duck session with christmas day in the middle of it, to implement spending cuts and tax hikes, the chamber says congress and the president should simply and temporarily extend the bush tax cuts across the board. punting will leave current tax policy and fiscal outlays unchanged. thereby wreaking no havoc on the economy and no gun at your head settlement. the newly elected congress comes in january, so any detante will have more legitimacy if it originates at the time of a new incoming congress rather than a lame duck departing one. question, what's the rational thing for our lawmakers to do? mort zuckerman. >> the rational thing, the grown-up thing, which, of course is entirely irrelevant in this process is to find way to get our deficits under control, the debt under control, and to deal with the tax code so
the 100-year-old chamber has offices and staff in every major city girdling the globe. now, regarding the fiscal cliff gridlock, what is the judgment of the chamber? answer. don't do anything now. punt. instead of lawmakers racing in the 14 days left of their lame duck session with christmas day in the middle of it, to implement spending cuts and tax hikes, the chamber says congress and the president should simply and temporarily extend the bush tax cuts across the board. punting will leave...
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. >> reporter: the families who live in small newtown, connecticut, 80 miles northeast of new york city called it the safest place in america. green and peaceful and great for kids. and then, today. >> just after 9:30 this morning, newtown police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school. >> reporter: police transmiss n transmissions were heard. soon, police on duty and off were converging on the school, rushing to what was once the safest of havens, but now a crime scene. within minutes, a reverse 911 call went out to parents. >> due to reports of the shooting as yet unconfirmed, the district is taking preventive measures by putting all schools on lockdown until we ensure safety of all students and staff. thank you. >> reporter: the awful details of what happened inside sandy hook elementary school are still emerging tonight. connecticut state police spokesperson lieutenant paul vance said the gunman opened fire in a single area of the school. >> the shootings did take place in one section of the school in two rooms. >> reporter: but tonight, it is the children them
. >> reporter: the families who live in small newtown, connecticut, 80 miles northeast of new york city called it the safest place in america. green and peaceful and great for kids. and then, today. >> just after 9:30 this morning, newtown police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school. >> reporter: police transmiss n transmissions were heard. soon, police on duty and off were converging on the school, rushing to what was once the safest of havens, but...
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one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that, shannon? >> i think that there is actually quite ah few examples. we can probably talk to this more with smaller cities that are making open data efforts. but what i would say is that it's proven more than the value of the investment. the return that we've gotten just by opening up the data has actually given back more. so, that would be my short answer to it, but i think you probably have more experience working directly with some of the cities. >> so, i grew up in a small city so i care about small cities a lot, 15,000 people, southern illinois. i'm a card nastionv fan. -- cardinals fan. i should say tha
one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that,...
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. >> reporter: the families who live in small newtown, connecticut, 80 miles northeast of new york city called it the safest place in america. green and peaceful and great for kids. and then today. >> just after 9:30 this morning, newtown police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school. >> reporter: police transmissions crackled with emergency. soon, police both on duty and off were converging on the school, rushing toward what was once the safest of havens, but now a crime scene. >> i will need two ambulances at this time. >> reporter: within minutes, a reverse 911 call went out to parents. >> due to reports of the shooting as yet unconfirmed the district is taking preventive measures by putting all schools in lockdown until we ensure safety of all students and staff. thank you. >> reporter: the awful details of what happened inside sandy hook elementary school are still emerging tonight. connecticut state police spokesperson lieutenant paul vance said the gunman opened fire in a single area of the school. >> the shootings did take place in one section of the schoo
. >> reporter: the families who live in small newtown, connecticut, 80 miles northeast of new york city called it the safest place in america. green and peaceful and great for kids. and then today. >> just after 9:30 this morning, newtown police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school. >> reporter: police transmissions crackled with emergency. soon, police both on duty and off were converging on the school, rushing toward what was once the safest of...
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a tragedy in kansas city. nfl linebacker jovan belcher fatally shooting his girlfriend and mother of his daughter, kasandra perkins. afterward, belcher shooting himself in front of coaches outside the team's training facility. despite the shock, the chiefs winning their game just one day later. what better way to reach the masses than by tweeting? pope benedict xvi joining twitter with the handle @pontifex just in time for christmas. the first tweets will be answers to questions on matters of faith, and will be in eight languages, including arabic, english, and spanish, with more languages possibly added in the future. the account already has thousands of followers. the pope will hit "send" on the first tweet himself on december 12th, though many will be written by aides within the vatican. for "teen kids news," i'm lauren green, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> if you have ever had to spend time in a hospital, you know how the hours can drag on and on. eden has the story of one patient who turned that
a tragedy in kansas city. nfl linebacker jovan belcher fatally shooting his girlfriend and mother of his daughter, kasandra perkins. afterward, belcher shooting himself in front of coaches outside the team's training facility. despite the shock, the chiefs winning their game just one day later. what better way to reach the masses than by tweeting? pope benedict xvi joining twitter with the handle @pontifex just in time for christmas. the first tweets will be answers to questions on matters of...
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we now have over 40 cities that have joined us. in 2011 we partnered with gray area foundation on a series of hack-a-thons, 10,000 attendees, and created nearly 30 applications all being powered by open data. now in 2012 we have our legislation that you heard about. as you heard, we announced the chief data officer. we have a network of open data coordinators within each agency. and these coordinators, their primary responsibility is to provide insight, is to provide transparency into the data sets that they manage. and that's really important. we want to make sure that you guys have a clear understanding in our community about the data that we manage so you can tell us where we should be going next in terms of opening up our data sets. we also are doing some structural changes so that open data is really the default position for our city. we're making sure that data belongs to our city, not the vendor. and second, we're making sure that any software that we buy or build hatx a public api or some equivalent. we don't want to be hel
we now have over 40 cities that have joined us. in 2011 we partnered with gray area foundation on a series of hack-a-thons, 10,000 attendees, and created nearly 30 applications all being powered by open data. now in 2012 we have our legislation that you heard about. as you heard, we announced the chief data officer. we have a network of open data coordinators within each agency. and these coordinators, their primary responsibility is to provide insight, is to provide transparency into the data...
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i mean, dc, in this city, proven that gun bans don't decrease crime, but increase crime. gun bans, lou, make law-abiding citizens less armed and criminals armed who don't buy by the law. the guns criminals use don't get them at gun shows; they are illegal guns they use. lou: the idea that gun control is the solution, the response, and the fact chicago, the murder capital of the world, people are reagenting and not talking about why are we not protecting our young, our vulnerable in public schools. why not security? they could be volunteers, paid security officers. they could be police, law enforcement officers. why not that discussion? >> i don't like the response at all, but something like this happens, the media says what can we do to stop this right now? that's the natural, i think, instincts on the democratic side. i'm not for gun control, but what happened today was such a horrible -- >> don't we have to have a dialogue about it? >> exactly. what -- i don't think that just anyone should be able to go buy gun without a background i just don't. look at what happened to
i mean, dc, in this city, proven that gun bans don't decrease crime, but increase crime. gun bans, lou, make law-abiding citizens less armed and criminals armed who don't buy by the law. the guns criminals use don't get them at gun shows; they are illegal guns they use. lou: the idea that gun control is the solution, the response, and the fact chicago, the murder capital of the world, people are reagenting and not talking about why are we not protecting our young, our vulnerable in public...
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they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, a
they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program...
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the city's brand was authenticity that had to do with the way the city looked. with fixes the very real problem facing by detroiters, i began to wonder, rorks b detroit -- robbing detroit some part of its essential detroitness." three or four people who i gave the book to read, came back and asked me about that specific last line, and they are curious whether what you're saying is that our dysfunction is such a part of us that we can't afford to let it go -- [laughter] that we can't afford to lose it. [laughter] a couple people were mad. >> yeah. >> when they asked me about that, and i said, well, you know, i don't know. i'm asking you. >> yeah, i don't mean dysfunction, but i do think there's -- i don't know. i don't want to say i worry about this because i think any, you know, positive development, detroit people welcome that, period, but i think about, you know, what new positive developments -- especially in, you know, you see stuff coming up in downtown, like, what will that mean exactly? is bulldozing a bunch of those old buildings and putting up new mall-
the city's brand was authenticity that had to do with the way the city looked. with fixes the very real problem facing by detroiters, i began to wonder, rorks b detroit -- robbing detroit some part of its essential detroitness." three or four people who i gave the book to read, came back and asked me about that specific last line, and they are curious whether what you're saying is that our dysfunction is such a part of us that we can't afford to let it go -- [laughter] that we can't afford...
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all a part of our community and our beautiful city. as you look around this room tonight, what a diverse combination we have. it makes me smile, but it probably doesn't make nebraska smile. we live in a richly diverse city and our elected officials represent it and our events here represent it and the tree lighting should represent it and indeed it does, we call it the tree of hope. and every year we get messages from all over the country and all over the world that are put on origamis and put on this very unique, unusual tree. >> there are many cities that have holiday trees, but no one has the tree of hope. it was started by an organization and now i will have the chance to introduce you to that organization's founder and executive director. who failed to put this in the proper amount of type here. no little things happen. the sound is better, i think that you can hear and i just have to go slowly, they told me, it is my pleasure to introduce the executive director of the rainbow world fund. this organization creates this holiday tre
all a part of our community and our beautiful city. as you look around this room tonight, what a diverse combination we have. it makes me smile, but it probably doesn't make nebraska smile. we live in a richly diverse city and our elected officials represent it and our events here represent it and the tree lighting should represent it and indeed it does, we call it the tree of hope. and every year we get messages from all over the country and all over the world that are put on origamis and put...
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was impressed by the story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities are autism, so often the philosophy is to help give those kids tools to not be targeted or to make them less likely to be targeted. >> host: like avoiding certain situations? >> guest: yeah, to avoid certain areas and schools that we know kids are vulnerable where there is little supervision but i think that's only one piece. so many disabilities make them more likely to be bullying and are the social disability so i think that one of the things we have to do a better job often i think michael mil group asked i guess he speaks to this, is how do you educate the entire community about disabilities like
was impressed by the story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities...
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i an, dc, in this city, proven that gun bans don't decrease crime, but increase crime. gun bans, lou, make law-abiding citizens less armed and criminals armed who don't buy by the law. the guns criminals use don't get them at gun shows; they are legal guns they use. lou: the idea that gun control is the solution, the response, and the fact chicago, the murder capital of the world, people are reagenting and not talking about why are we not protecting our young,our vulnerable in public schools. why not securi? they could be volunteers, paid security officers. they could be police, law enforcement officers. why not that discussion? >> i don't like the response at all, but something like this happens, the media says what can we do to stop this right now? that's the natural, i think, instincts on the democratic side. i'm not for gun control, but what happened today was such a horrible -- >> don't we have to have a dialogue about it? >> exactly. what -- i don't think that just anyone should be able to go buy a gun without a background i just don't. look at what happened today
i an, dc, in this city, proven that gun bans don't decrease crime, but increase crime. gun bans, lou, make law-abiding citizens less armed and criminals armed who don't buy by the law. the guns criminals use don't get them at gun shows; they are legal guns they use. lou: the idea that gun control is the solution, the response, and the fact chicago, the murder capital of the world, people are reagenting and not talking about why are we not protecting our young,our vulnerable in public schools....
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. >> i want to turn now to the mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg. mr. mayor, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i wish it weren't under these circumstances. >> just tragedy, terrible. >> you have been an unspoken gun control advocate for many years, never more so than this morning, and we eel talk about that. first, i -- the "new york post," the morning after the slaughter of innocents. describe your reaction when you saw this unfold. >> it's so unbelievable, and it only happens in america, and it happens again and again. there was another shooting yesterday. three people killed i think in a hospital. we kill people in schools. we've killed them in hospitals. we kill them in religious organizations. we kill them when they are young. we kill them when they are old, and we've just got to stop this. >> there is in this country incredible sadness, empathy, anger and a sense of resolve, and the president speaking after this horrible tragedy really gave voice to that friday afternoon. listen. >> we're going to have to come together and t
. >> i want to turn now to the mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg. mr. mayor, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i wish it weren't under these circumstances. >> just tragedy, terrible. >> you have been an unspoken gun control advocate for many years, never more so than this morning, and we eel talk about that. first, i -- the "new york post," the morning after the slaughter of innocents. describe your reaction when you saw...
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they registered in new york city as domestic partners as soon as they could in 1993. but they wanted much more. >> "we want to do the vows and we want to exchange rings." >> spayer had been stricken with multiple sclerosis, and her health was failing. but that did not keep her and edie from hopping a plane to toronto, canada, where in 2007 they were wed. >> "i thea spayer, choose you...until death do us part." >> two years later thea passed away, leaving the bulk of her estate to edie, now 83, which resulted in an estate tax bill of $363,000. even though new york recognized their marriage, edie did not qualify for the marital deduction allowed heterosexual marriages because of the defense of marriage act. a federal appeals court in new york found that also violated the guarantee to equal protection, but went much further. after noting a long history of discrimination against gays and lesbians, the court concluded any law that makes distinctions based on sexual orientation must be subjected to "heightened scrutiny," and the government must present "exceedingly persuasi
they registered in new york city as domestic partners as soon as they could in 1993. but they wanted much more. >> "we want to do the vows and we want to exchange rings." >> spayer had been stricken with multiple sclerosis, and her health was failing. but that did not keep her and edie from hopping a plane to toronto, canada, where in 2007 they were wed. >> "i thea spayer, choose you...until death do us part." >> two years later thea passed away,...
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atlantic city, new jersey, june 2011. >> so, you don't think it's a scare tactic? >> no, no. you always have to be ready for the worst. >> some of the things he talks about, locking the school doors, armed guards at schools, that wasn't the kind of childhood i had and it certainly wasn't the kind of childhood you had. is that the kind of childhood you think we should have for children? >> i'm not to say whether we should or shouldn't have, the reality of it is it's here. the times have changed, it's a new game we're playing nowadays. what exactly are you training people for? what are you training them to do? >> mental preparation for combat. >> since 9/11, an industry has been borne of security consultants, of trainers, lecturers, and you are a part of that. >> what you're seeing is a nation that's preparing itself for the threat and the possibilities. gun purchases across america just exploded. concealed carry permits have taken over. >> and that is a good thing, you think? >> well, folks think it is. >> grossman insists america's future depends on how each citizen prepares
atlantic city, new jersey, june 2011. >> so, you don't think it's a scare tactic? >> no, no. you always have to be ready for the worst. >> some of the things he talks about, locking the school doors, armed guards at schools, that wasn't the kind of childhood i had and it certainly wasn't the kind of childhood you had. is that the kind of childhood you think we should have for children? >> i'm not to say whether we should or shouldn't have, the reality of it is it's here....
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we are one of the most densely populated cities in america, more than new york city. we rank no. 1 in per-capita use of public transportation. we are a vibrant community filled with boutiques, restaurants, and cafes. hurricane sandy was devastating. the hudson river spilled into hoboken from both the north and the south. more than half of the city was flooded. three of the four firehouses and more than 7000 homes were flooded. we estimate the total damage at well over $100 million. thankfully, our main street did not flood and is open for business. even the businesses that did not flood have been severely impacted by one of our principal means of transportation to new york. the train has been flooded and still has not been restored. this is due to the difficulty of getting to and from the city. some were forced to operate at an alternate location as they tried to navigate the insurance got lead. the national flood insurance program is not designed to meet the needs of the urban environment. there is a fundamental unfairness that i respectfully ask congress to try to a
we are one of the most densely populated cities in america, more than new york city. we rank no. 1 in per-capita use of public transportation. we are a vibrant community filled with boutiques, restaurants, and cafes. hurricane sandy was devastating. the hudson river spilled into hoboken from both the north and the south. more than half of the city was flooded. three of the four firehouses and more than 7000 homes were flooded. we estimate the total damage at well over $100 million. thankfully,...
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like for example these huge banks like citi that are too big right? >> you have to be practically about this. what would have happened to all of us if we had not bailed out some of these institutions. yes, it is troubling. >> we would have had better economic growth than anemic growth we're seeing. but these guys are not paid to wind down fannie mae and freddie mac, they are being paid to keep the status quo which is for lawyers, half billion dollars in legal fees to defend corrupt people at fannie mae and freddie mac who engage in accounting fraud. >> that is absolutely right. they are in self-preservation business. i want to point out something that obvious, if you were to start large financial institutions today that were tied to the mortgage market and you wanted to hire really good people, would you base yourself in washington, d.c. and virginia? no, you wouldn't. we need these big salaries because we need to recruit top talent. go to manhattan. >> that is the point. if bailouts maintain the government centered focus to our economy? >> yes, and i
like for example these huge banks like citi that are too big right? >> you have to be practically about this. what would have happened to all of us if we had not bailed out some of these institutions. yes, it is troubling. >> we would have had better economic growth than anemic growth we're seeing. but these guys are not paid to wind down fannie mae and freddie mac, they are being paid to keep the status quo which is for lawyers, half billion dollars in legal fees to defend corrupt...
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like for example these huge bks like citi that are too big right? >> you have to be practically about this. what would have happened to all of us if we had not bailed out some of these institutions. yes, it is troubling. >> we would have had better economic growth than anemic growth we're seeing. but these guys are not paid to wind down fannie mae and freddie mac, they are being paid to keep the status quo which is for lawyers, half billion dollars in legal fees to defend corrupt people at fannie mae and freddie mac who engage in accounting fraud. >> that is absolutely right. they are in self-preservation business. i want to point out something that obvious, if you were to start large financial institutions today that were tied to the mortgage market and you wanted to hire really good people, would you base yourself in washington, d.c. and virginia? no, you wouldn't. we need these big salaries because we need to recruit top talent. go to manhattan. >> that is the point. if bailouts maintain the government center focus to our economy? >>es, and it's
like for example these huge bks like citi that are too big right? >> you have to be practically about this. what would have happened to all of us if we had not bailed out some of these institutions. yes, it is troubling. >> we would have had better economic growth than anemic growth we're seeing. but these guys are not paid to wind down fannie mae and freddie mac, they are being paid to keep the status quo which is for lawyers, half billion dollars in legal fees to defend corrupt...
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lanza lived with his mother in an upscale part of the city. neighborsneighbors who knew they are stunned. >> it's like a normal, everybody else in this neighborhood. decorate the house, and the house is always pristine and just like any other house wife. >> other newtown residents are still struggling to deal with the tremendous loss. many say they feel hopeless. others now fear for their own family's safety. >> they -- i have a daughter who is an adult and she is a fourth grade elementary cool -- i'm sorry -- teacher, and she could be in jeopardy for her entire life now, and it's very hard for me to -- having a difficult time processing this now. >> in addition to vigils being held across connecticut there irvarious signs of support for the victims and their families, including this banner hanging from a window in newtown that read, hug a teacher today. >>> in alameda, people are mothering the victims of the shooting. -- people are mourning the victims of the shooting. here's a look at one hoff the several vigils that have come together today
lanza lived with his mother in an upscale part of the city. neighborsneighbors who knew they are stunned. >> it's like a normal, everybody else in this neighborhood. decorate the house, and the house is always pristine and just like any other house wife. >> other newtown residents are still struggling to deal with the tremendous loss. many say they feel hopeless. others now fear for their own family's safety. >> they -- i have a daughter who is an adult and she is a fourth...
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remember this, last month the new york city police officer offered a homeless man a pair of boots on a cold night. or a tennessee boy who helped his brother complete in a triathlon and who could forget this libyan child who doesn't believe in hate holding a sign apologizing for the embassy attack in benghazi. so much to be thankful for even in this very difficult time. we continue our coverage of the connecticut elementary school shooting right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. we're in newtown, connecticut, this morning. >> i'm kate bolduan. you're watching our continuing coverage. it feels like we've been here a long time just trying to figure out what's going on with the story. president obama will be coming here later today and meet with some of the victims' families and we're told he will speak at a vigil being held tonight. meanwhile, the community is grieving. we saw more vigils here last night really moving vigils. 20 children and 6 adults died in friday's shooting inside sandy hook elementary. we should begin hearing the first funeral plans for some of the vi
remember this, last month the new york city police officer offered a homeless man a pair of boots on a cold night. or a tennessee boy who helped his brother complete in a triathlon and who could forget this libyan child who doesn't believe in hate holding a sign apologizing for the embassy attack in benghazi. so much to be thankful for even in this very difficult time. we continue our coverage of the connecticut elementary school shooting right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm john...
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and that's exactly what we do in new york city. the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we're doing. and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement? >> all of that applies. >> what is the role? what about gun owners and gun right supporters? what role do they have in this if there's to be a new dialogue? >> i think gun owners really have spoken. when you do the polling, most gun owners think that an assault weapons ban makes sense in this day and age. that study has been done again and again by both democratic and republican pollsters. and the trouble is that the nra is just never willing to have any restriction whatsoever, no matter how reasonable it is. the supreme court fortunately was. they said having reasonable restrictions is consistent with the constitution. >
and that's exactly what we do in new york city. the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we're doing. and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement? >> all of that applies. >> what is the role? what about gun...
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host: you live in new york city. what you think about mayor bloomberg and his opinion on the gun issue? caller code generally what mort zuckerman was talking about -- caller code generally put more zuckerman was talking about, how many times has he been caught at -- stopped and frisked on the street on his way to an important meeting? now they want to go through his pockets? he thinks that stop and frisk is ok? i will take my chances with the people in my community rather than a police organization pulling me over and the time they feel like it. host of this, and comes to us from facebook. you can join this conversation by looking for c-span. a few of our viewers and listeners are listening -- to hang in. host: our next caller is an independent in the vienna. -- in louisiana. good morning. caller: my comment, and it is not probably going to be popular, but my stance is that ever since the schools became drug free, more drugs than ever have been handed out to kids. the principal and the nurse in the school, whether it
host: you live in new york city. what you think about mayor bloomberg and his opinion on the gun issue? caller code generally what mort zuckerman was talking about -- caller code generally put more zuckerman was talking about, how many times has he been caught at -- stopped and frisked on the street on his way to an important meeting? now they want to go through his pockets? he thinks that stop and frisk is ok? i will take my chances with the people in my community rather than a police...
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adams then wrote to political leaders in other coastal cities. he was absolutely filled with a sense of power, and he wanted to gain more. he convinced political leaders and other cities to follow suit. he soon sent harbor fronts up and down the coast a roaring riot and gained a national representation as a great revolutionary leader. merchants, meanwhile, stopped importing british goods. within months, british manufacturers and exporters absorbed huge financial losses. british trade fell by 50%. the british merchants, the british exporters demanded that parliament repeal the stamp tax in america to restore trade relations. in 1765, parliament did just that and turned sam adams and james ottis into heros in boston and elsewhere in america. just who were the heros? well, both were from wealthy families, and, like, many sons of wealthy new englanders, they were harvard graduates. we all make mistakes. [laughter] if they had gone to yale, they would have behaved themselves, gone out and gotten decent jobs. [laughter] adams was the son of boston's la
adams then wrote to political leaders in other coastal cities. he was absolutely filled with a sense of power, and he wanted to gain more. he convinced political leaders and other cities to follow suit. he soon sent harbor fronts up and down the coast a roaring riot and gained a national representation as a great revolutionary leader. merchants, meanwhile, stopped importing british goods. within months, british manufacturers and exporters absorbed huge financial losses. british trade fell by...
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especially when they're walking around in their town or city, you want to be able to track them. lori siegel, thank you so much. this is really helpful and a lot of parents hoping to keep their kids as safe as possible. know where they are so they can find them when they need. quite frankly, there's no way to explain how you deal with the pain of losing a child in a massacre. but one father is bravely telling the story of his 6-year-old daughter and hoping to begin the healing process, you will hear his powerful words, next. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> the lives of so many families in newtown have been ripped apart. and will never, ever be the same again. no one can ever think or imagine of sending a child off to school whether they're excited or crying to leave you. not seeing that child ever aga
especially when they're walking around in their town or city, you want to be able to track them. lori siegel, thank you so much. this is really helpful and a lot of parents hoping to keep their kids as safe as possible. know where they are so they can find them when they need. quite frankly, there's no way to explain how you deal with the pain of losing a child in a massacre. but one father is bravely telling the story of his 6-year-old daughter and hoping to begin the healing process, you will...
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we're a small city of 125,000. in less than three hours, almost one weapon per minute was turned in, so there is a desire on behalf of the community to turn these weapons back in, although i don't know how much of those efforts could lead to preventing something similar from happening to what happened in newtown, but there is a need to have some focus on using a systems approach because there are different systems that come in play here in terms of mental health systems, but we have been effective and just also by working through our shooting task force and other programs we've had to try to limit the number of shootings, but this is call, a wake-up call in addition to the things happening and if this crisis, this hore fink incident does not send a message that some stronger and immediate action needs to happen in our country, i don't know what will. >> you joined a coalition of mayors who have called for more action. president obama said it's time on friday for meaningful action. what specifically would you like t
we're a small city of 125,000. in less than three hours, almost one weapon per minute was turned in, so there is a desire on behalf of the community to turn these weapons back in, although i don't know how much of those efforts could lead to preventing something similar from happening to what happened in newtown, but there is a need to have some focus on using a systems approach because there are different systems that come in play here in terms of mental health systems, but we have been...
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for loans and lockheed loans, and i argued in 1914, treasury secretary magnitude bill that new york city because they couldn't pay their loved. so it goes back a long time, too big to fail. and i think you've got to get this resolution authority so that institutions that failed can separate out the key functions. this is something that is really easy today and our to do. so i do have a solution, and i'm glad that he is on the committee and not me. >> we have a question on europe. do you agree come you both, do you agree with angela merkel's insistence on austerity for greece, spain and italy? >> austerity, yes. the definition of how much. but there's no way you can deal with that problem without a substantial degree of austerity in cases where they have excesses and bubbles and various parts of the economy and deficiencies. you can't sustainably bail them out without basically quid pro quo. on the other hand, let me say you can expect them to maintain austerity and less they're going to get -- that there will be some action. or within a definite period. and this is where kind of the rubb
for loans and lockheed loans, and i argued in 1914, treasury secretary magnitude bill that new york city because they couldn't pay their loved. so it goes back a long time, too big to fail. and i think you've got to get this resolution authority so that institutions that failed can separate out the key functions. this is something that is really easy today and our to do. so i do have a solution, and i'm glad that he is on the committee and not me. >> we have a question on europe. do you...
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new york city mayor, a staunch gun control advocate, michael bloomberg who endorsed president obama for presidency, says the issue is his now. >> the president campaigned in '08 on a gun control began, and the only legislation that the president has signed since then, one is the right to carry a gun in national parks where our kids play, and one is the right to carry guns on amtrak. i assume that's to stop the rash of train robberies which stopped back in the 1800s. >> joining me now is jonathan -- i want to put a null screen here, this is from the president of the brady center, and he said this in part, i won't read everything there, but he said in part, we genuinely believe this one is different. it's different because no decent human being can look at a tragedy like this and be outraged by the fact that it can happen in our nation and because this time we're really poised to harness that outrage and create a focused exchange. we know that the outrage and the sadness unfortunately, it will dissipate. how do you harness it this time? >> well, even before this shooting happened, we were
new york city mayor, a staunch gun control advocate, michael bloomberg who endorsed president obama for presidency, says the issue is his now. >> the president campaigned in '08 on a gun control began, and the only legislation that the president has signed since then, one is the right to carry a gun in national parks where our kids play, and one is the right to carry guns on amtrak. i assume that's to stop the rash of train robberies which stopped back in the 1800s. >> joining me...
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host: you live in new york city. what you think about mayor bloomberg and his opinion on the gun issue? caller code generally what mort zuckerman was talking about -- caller code generally put more zuckerman was talking about, how many times has he been caught at -- stopped and frisked on the street on his way to an important meeting? now they want to go through his pockets? he thinks that stop and frisk is ok? i will take my chances with the people in my community rather than a police organization pulling me over and the time they feel like it. host of this, and comes to us from facebook. a few of our viewers and listeners are listening -- to hang in. host: our next caller is an independent in the vienna. caller: my comment, and it is not probably going to be popular, but my stance is that ever since the schools became drug free, more drugs than ever have been handed out to kids. the principal and the nurse in the school, whether it is packs all, ritalin, whatever. find a school shooting that did not have something
host: you live in new york city. what you think about mayor bloomberg and his opinion on the gun issue? caller code generally what mort zuckerman was talking about -- caller code generally put more zuckerman was talking about, how many times has he been caught at -- stopped and frisked on the street on his way to an important meeting? now they want to go through his pockets? he thinks that stop and frisk is ok? i will take my chances with the people in my community rather than a police...
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if you went into sadr city you would make sure you have security. it is better than it was by far, it's a million times better than it was an six and a seven and i have to say from a military perspective, the search really did drive down the level of violence. it was the surgeon made possible for american forces to leave but there are very unsettled political issues including the threat towards authoritarianism by the iraqi government. >> michael gordon's new book, "the endgame" the inside story of the struggle for iraq, from george w. bush to barack obama. mr. gordon its it's november 2012 right now. how many americans are in iraq? >> there are no american troops performing a military function there. what they are is about 200 odd american military personnel who are at the embassy in their primary duty is to sell american equipment to the iraqi government, m-16s and the like and then an apparently sizable american embassy which will be contracted by the state department by 25%. what you don't have, in and there is a -- and kyrgyzstan and a conflict
if you went into sadr city you would make sure you have security. it is better than it was by far, it's a million times better than it was an six and a seven and i have to say from a military perspective, the search really did drive down the level of violence. it was the surgeon made possible for american forces to leave but there are very unsettled political issues including the threat towards authoritarianism by the iraqi government. >> michael gordon's new book, "the endgame"...
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bianna golodryga is back in new york city at our abc news headquarters. much more coming up from her. with me is lara spencer and amy robach. >> it is hard to imagine. there is even more sadness as we are starting to see the faces. we knew the names last night, but we see the faces of those young victims, still very young victims. it's hard to imagine how quickly their lives were taken away and how much they still had to live. >> we also will hear the story of one of those little survivors. >> yeah. >> and we're going to talk about random acts of kindness, how this community and strangers have come together in a way that is truly remarkable in an attempt to begin the healing. >> we'll have incredible reporting coming up from both of you. we'll get to that in just a minute. >>> let's start with a look at the latest news from newtown. as we said, the president will be visiting later today. he will be arriving here to meet with the victims and also thank the first responders. he'll be speaking at an interfaith vigil. here is a telling detail. this is the fou
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born in atlantic city in 1921, woodland learned morse code as a boy scout. years later in engineering school he and a classmate bernard silver worked to devise a graphic version of the code. one that could be used to track product information. the result was this. a sort of bulls eye with lines of varying widths, and in 1952 they pat ented what they called a classifying apparatus and method. ahead of out time, the idea languished and they sold the patent to philco for $15,000, all they ever made for their invention. wood land went onto work for ibm where in the early 1970s a colleague named george lowerer designed the retack language bar code we know today. last year wood land's daughter was there for his induction into the inventors hall of fame, he died last sunday at the age of 91. but his genius lives on, every time you hear this, take a moment to thank norman joseph woodland, for your speedy check out. coming up, once again. ,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: in the aftermath of friday's shootings in newtown, connecticut we can now add the name adam lanza to the gal
born in atlantic city in 1921, woodland learned morse code as a boy scout. years later in engineering school he and a classmate bernard silver worked to devise a graphic version of the code. one that could be used to track product information. the result was this. a sort of bulls eye with lines of varying widths, and in 1952 they pat ented what they called a classifying apparatus and method. ahead of out time, the idea languished and they sold the patent to philco for $15,000, all they ever...
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redwood city, 46 and along the delta, 46. 43 in livermore. 48 in half moon bay. this is a look at stormtracker 4 with clear conditions. clear for now but we do have more wet weather on the way. here is what we can expect with breaks of sunshine. look for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures of be warming up by just a few degrees. some showers that moved through yesterday. we do have more wet weather with mcleod the. some breaks of sunshine with mainly- cloudy-- >> not only will we have of rainfall but also a winter storm one in with nearly 12 in. off. the wind will be gusting at 50 m.p.h. if you are traveling tire chain laws in effect. following yourself extra time on how every 50, highway 80. i will time it out on futurecast. allow yourself extra time on highway 50 first forecast.elcome backas we come back we will be right back back we will be right back hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we
redwood city, 46 and along the delta, 46. 43 in livermore. 48 in half moon bay. this is a look at stormtracker 4 with clear conditions. clear for now but we do have more wet weather on the way. here is what we can expect with breaks of sunshine. look for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures of be warming up by just a few degrees. some showers that moved through yesterday. we do have more wet weather with mcleod the. some breaks of sunshine with mainly- cloudy-- >> not only will we have of...
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i was in mexico city where i had been lucky enough to go under a book contract from new york. i got an advance from a new york publisher to write a book. it was a dream come true, and in mexico city, by november of 1997, i crossed the deadline, and i didn't have a word written, and i was broke. i called the only friend that i could count on at that point because my lifestyle had led me to destroy my personal relationships. i called a performance artist from costa rica who lived in the united states for years, met through the solidarity networks, arts and politics back in the 1980s, and i said, she happened to be leaving in the village of joshua tree, california, at that particular time. there's a set of circumstances that led her to, you know, who's from -- from the tropics of central america, you know, how did she wind up in the desert? everybody has a story out in the desert of how they got there. she said, we'll take care of you, give you a place to live, and shortly this afternoon, i arrive in the desert, and one of the first things that i saw when i rented any little shac
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. >> reporter: a mother from new york city, a chaplain from north carolina. how important is it to give back to this community? >> i have grandsons exactly the same age as the victims. my heart was just -- i just was moved. >> reporter: this firehouse is now the site of 26 christmas trees, one for each life taken at sandy hook school each donated from a woman from north carolina and nestled with teddy bears. how is christmas going to be? >> not going to feel like christmas. i think, you know, it's important to keep things as normal as possible for everyone. it's about giving and loving and kindness. >> reporter: random acts of kindness abound. take michael craigen offering up his bulldog for free hugs at a local coffee shop. amanda harman lives in an hour away but donating her time here to those who need her most. >> out of all this tragedy my heart has been lifted from all the good that's coming in cross country and around the world. incredible experience. >> and this evening the president will be here in newtown to meet with families who have lost and also
. >> reporter: a mother from new york city, a chaplain from north carolina. how important is it to give back to this community? >> i have grandsons exactly the same age as the victims. my heart was just -- i just was moved. >> reporter: this firehouse is now the site of 26 christmas trees, one for each life taken at sandy hook school each donated from a woman from north carolina and nestled with teddy bears. how is christmas going to be? >> not going to feel like...
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i'm not going today because i have my services in new york city. but when things calm down, when the shock begins to wear off that's when more support, friendship, closeness needs to be there. i and so many others will be there. >> we talked about our reaction to robby parker, the father of young 6-year-old emilie parker, who was his oldest daughter, he has three. we certainly understand him reaching out to the community, but he also went so far as to forgive. explain to me and all of us why forgiveness is so essential and what it shows not only in terms of his forgiveness but god's compassion. >> i saw that interview and he was blown away. his ability to forgive is not just natural virtue, a good guy. but he understands, he believes, that there is ultimate judge and that is god. he said in such clear and profound language we all have free will. we can choose to use it for good or bad. this young man abused his free will. then he said i'm going to use my free will for the good. when you have that profound conviction of who i am, where i have come f
i'm not going today because i have my services in new york city. but when things calm down, when the shock begins to wear off that's when more support, friendship, closeness needs to be there. i and so many others will be there. >> we talked about our reaction to robby parker, the father of young 6-year-old emilie parker, who was his oldest daughter, he has three. we certainly understand him reaching out to the community, but he also went so far as to forgive. explain to me and all of us...
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cities are left holding the bill. fire and police resources to secure it and the maintenance to keep it from falling into blight and disrepair. it's siphoning off badly needed property taxes. neighboring homeowners can only watch as their own property values plummet. at my table, jonathan capehart, a fellow at the university of texas, sheila crowley, president and ceo of the low income housing and james perry. in full disclosure, he's my husband. james, i want to start with you on this. this is the work that you have been doing as americans are reading the headlines saying housing is back, what do we need to know? >> you have to step back for a second and think about what you said. in the fourth quarter, wells fargo made $4 billion. this monumental settlement was $175 million. they still made $4 billion with a "b." we have seen them rewarded for bad action. what's so heinous about how they act is they use people in minority communities to build their own ability to make profit. they network with pastors, community act
cities are left holding the bill. fire and police resources to secure it and the maintenance to keep it from falling into blight and disrepair. it's siphoning off badly needed property taxes. neighboring homeowners can only watch as their own property values plummet. at my table, jonathan capehart, a fellow at the university of texas, sheila crowley, president and ceo of the low income housing and james perry. in full disclosure, he's my husband. james, i want to start with you on this. this is...
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on tuesday the city council is expected to vote on a new contract. since 2000 most city employees have agrowed to a 10% salary and benefit cut. last year the city and firefighters were unable to agree on a contract change. >>> dispute between hospital administrators and nurses union is at the heart of a suspected strike. the walkoff will happen at nine hospitals. nurses and x-ray technicians represented by the california nurses association will start the one-day strike on christmas eve. they are upset about staffing levels, het benefits, and sick days. >>> the body of a new that took a prank phone call at the hospital treating kate middleton is now in her native india. she will be taken to an indian church for mass and then to a catholic cemetery for burial. you are looking at video of the memorial service held for her in the uk on friday. she hanged herself on december 7th after being duped by two australian radio dj's pretending to be queen elizabeth and prince charles. >>> police shot and killed a gunman after he opened fire inside a hospital prep
on tuesday the city council is expected to vote on a new contract. since 2000 most city employees have agrowed to a 10% salary and benefit cut. last year the city and firefighters were unable to agree on a contract change. >>> dispute between hospital administrators and nurses union is at the heart of a suspected strike. the walkoff will happen at nine hospitals. nurses and x-ray technicians represented by the california nurses association will start the one-day strike on christmas...
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that leads me to this -- you know, in my district, i live in the inner city of baltimore. most of the kids in my neighborhood, they will never get to an nfl game. it cannot afford it. when you hear about these players, more power to them. making millions upon millions of dollars. they agree to take a test. two years later, no testing complaining about the science and you just heard the doctors, what they said, what to you think? you're trying to convince kids not to go that route but what message does that sent to those kids you're trying to help? >> the message is that it is in the hands of lawyers and said of scientists. i believe the majority of the players walk on the test. i would. i want to know i am planning on an even field. because there is big rewards, like you say. with the money and endorsements and everything else. when i see a mother talking about her kid and a mother is saying, ask him what to eat. i turned to her and i say, little johnny has one chance in a million of making it. let him play for fun. you have to educate, not only the kids and players, the c
that leads me to this -- you know, in my district, i live in the inner city of baltimore. most of the kids in my neighborhood, they will never get to an nfl game. it cannot afford it. when you hear about these players, more power to them. making millions upon millions of dollars. they agree to take a test. two years later, no testing complaining about the science and you just heard the doctors, what they said, what to you think? you're trying to convince kids not to go that route but what...
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moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression that following his success as mayor, dick lugar's its job would be as united states senator. next job would be as united states senator. he is the type of lawmaker and a leader who works hard to bring both parties together, find common ground. his contributions are many, including his service on the agricultural committee. his most important role in the senate has to be his leadership of the senate foreign relations committee. as a two-time chairman of this committee, he has been one of the most influential minds on foreign policy in the united states. he has worked tirel
moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression...